How do I choose which monitor is the main screen?

Set the Primary and Secondary Monitor

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Right-click on your desktop and select “Display”.
From the display, select the monitor you wish to be your main display.
Check the box that says “Make this my main display.” The other monitor will automatically become the secondary display.
When finished, click [Apply].

How do I reassign my primary monitor?

Change Primary & Secondary monitor on Windows 10

Open Windows Settings.
Select Syatem> Display tab.
Navigate to Multiple display.
From the drop-down, select the desired monitor you want to be primary.
Check the Make this my main display setting.

How do I choose which monitor is 1 and 2?

Windows 10 Display Settings

Access the display settings window by right-clicking an empty space on the desktop background.
Click on the drop down window under Multiple displays and choose between Duplicate these displays, Extend these displays, Show only on 1, and Show only on 2. (

Why can’t I make this my main display?

Set a Display as Main Display in Settings You can click/tap on the Identity button to briefly display numbers on your display(s) to help see which display belongs with each number. If Make this my main display is grayed out, then it means that the currently selected display is already set as the main display.

Why can’t I make this my main Display?

How do I change my main screen on Windows?

How do I change my primary monitor Windows 10

Right-click on an empty space on the Desktop and choose the Display Settings from the menu.
Choose which you want to be your primary monitor, scroll down and choose to Make this my main display.
After doing that, the selected monitor will become the primary monitor.

Why is my main monitor not working?

Restart everything: Shut down Windows and all your monitors. Then, turn everything on and boot up again. This can often fix your issue. If necessary, roll back driver updates: If your display driver recently updated, it could be causing the issue.

When I plug in second monitor First monitor goes black?

The only way to restore a working display is to do a hard restart with the second monitor unplugged. If it’s plugged in while rebooting, the loading screen works on the notebook but then goes blank.